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CHP Drops 5 Ft.-6 Height Standard Ron K U. S. commission streamlines ISSN' 0030-8579 internment credit procedure Washingtoo Those retired or surviv­ Slight changes were an­ ors of deceased annuitants PACIFIC CITIZE nounced in December by or employees should write National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League the U.S. Civil ~rvice Com­ to the U.S. Ovil Service mission to simplify the Commission, 1900 E Street Whole #2,026 (Vol. 88) Friday, January 19, 1979 25c u.s Postpaid 15 Cents procedure for verification NW,WashmgID~DC2M15 ;;;;;;;;.. ~ ..;. .............. ;; .. .; .. ;; ............................ ... and recomp.rtation of to have their annuities re- credit for time spent by computed to include re­ federal civil service work­ tirement credit, without CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL ers who were detained in deposit, for ~riods of in­ the WW2 internment ternment. camps for JaIlIDese Amer­ To verify ~riod of in­ icans. ternment, the full name of CHP drops 5 ft.-6 height standard Ron K. Ikejiri, JACL the individual, date of VVashington representa­ birth, name of camp and Sacnmento, Ca. culty operating the depart­ ft.-6 were considered a voluntary basis. tive, reminded the process dates of internment must The Calif. Personnel ment shotgtm and depart­ Testimony from others The JACL's involvement is for certain federal work­ be provided. Verification Board voted (Jan 10) to mental motorcycle. How­ disputed the findings of in this was Jrompttd by ers, current or retired, and will be obtained by the abolish the rrurumum ever, the CHPdid say their the study and stated that Dr. Nancy Wey, who has not state, county or muni­ agency or Commission height requirmlent of 5 (t- study was inconclusive accident data did not sup­ been concerned with the cipal civil service person­ from the National Ar­ 6 for state traffic officer­ since its test duration was port the contention that inequities of the height re­ nel. chives. However, any indi­ cadets after a hearing on less than a year, the num­ shorter officers have more striction. After investiga­ Current federal em­ vidual who has previously Jan. 9. Testimony before ber of officers was small injuries. It wac; also point­ tion by NatDnal Head­ ployees should contact obtained verification di­ the board was predomi­ and no officers less than 5 ed out that motorcycle quarters, the Sacramento their agency ~rsonnel of­ rectly from the Archives nantly in favor of abolish­ duty was not a require­ JACL took the lead in pur­ . fice for infonnation and should submit this with re­ ing the height restriction ment and was assigned on suing the issue # forms. quest for credit. # Among the people pres­ White House ent was Assemblyman MEET DEBBIE: Floyd Mori, who testified seeks Asians Cal-vet benefits sought for for the elimination. The JACL was repr~sented by Wasbingtm Assistant to Exec. Director out-of-state WRA camp-born Don Ito, president of The White House is again considering Asian San Francisco Sacramento JACL who al­ familiar with political Sacranento, Ca. partment of Veterans Af­ so testified in favor of Americans fer high level Assemblyrrnn Floyd Mo­ fairs, a person must be a positions within the Ad­ and legislativelife that sur­ abolishing the height re­ rounds her rometown of ri (D-Pleasanton) intro­ native of California or a striction. Ito indicated that ministration, it was re­ duced AB 1480n Dec. 20 to resident of California at vealed this week by JACL Sacramento, Ca., Debbie T. there was no conclusive Nakatomi, was appointed remedy an inequity in the the time of enlistment in evidence that the height Washington Representa­ definition which deter­ order to qualify for state tive Ronald K. Ikejiri. recently as assistant to the restriction was related to JACL national executive mines eligibility for Cal­ veterans benefits. job perlonnance and A two-hour meeting was Vet benefits. "This legislation will es­ concluded Jan. 4 with director. The announce­ served only to impermis­ ment was made Jan 3 by Under the current rules tablish Cal-Vet provisions sibly exclude most minori­ Arnie Miller, director of and regulations of the De- to cover the Japanese the Office of Presidential Headquarters. ties and women from serv­ Her duties with JACL in­ Americans who served in ing as highway patrol offi­ Appointments, and his as­ the armed forces, but were sistant, Gloria Molina, who clude giving administra­ cers. A state personnel tive support for the execu­ Yanagisawa born outside of California analyst also recommended indicated the White House because of a federal man­ willingness as President tive director and working the height restriction be with various JACL national date and who enlisted from abolished. Carter moves into Phase IT named new states other than Califor­ of his term in office. committees. Daughter ofJim and Bet­ nia," Mori added. Major proIX>nent of the Ikejiri said the need for a Debbie Nakatomi PSW director During World War II, all restriction was the Calif. comprehensive registry of te Nakatomi of Sacramen­ 2~year-old Americans of Japanese an­ Hwy. Patrol, which cited a Asian Americans became to, the Sansei col officer serving mem­ Los Angeles cestry, mainly Californi­ CHP 1978 study, indicating evident d~ the meet­ hails from Sacramento, a bers of the diplomatic John K. Yanagisawa, 32, ans, were uprooted from that officers of shorter ing. JACL at the present graduate with a BA degree corps. of West Los Angeles, was their homes am relocated, height have a more re­ time is wor~ on its first from CSUSacrarnento, Ms. Nakatani's service appointed this week JACL mostly in out-of-state de­ stricted field of vision and Japanese American Re­ and most recently with As­ in politics stems from the regional director here by tention camps. A number would be susceptible to in­ source Registry, a data semblvrnan Floyd Mori's Sen. John 1\mney cam­ Pacific Southwest District of children were born in jury and accident bank listing imividuals for office in Sacramento where paign in 1976, acting as a Governor Paul Tsuneishi. these camps during those Second reasJn cited by career and advisory posi­ she worked as an adminis­ state coordinator in Los An­ The DC board of direc­ years of confinement and CHP was that officers of tions in allieve.lc; of govern­ trative assistant and legis­ geles and San Francisco, lative aide, engaged in gen­ working with steering tors at the same time Continued on Page 10 shorter height had diffi- ment. # unanimously voted to eral research and given committees in the Asian waive the usual probation­ constituent-related respon­ Pacific comrmmities to ary period to give him per­ sibilities. raise funds and promote manent status. Action was Previously, she had been voter interest. She also c0- taken upon recommenda­ With the Secretary of State ordinated press confer­ tion of the Office Person­ staff, assisting Secretary ences and a trur for Sen nel Advisory Committee March Fong Eu in her role Tunney and Sen Daniel based on Yanigisawa's out­ as California's chief proto- Inouye. standing performance reporting Sept l. A native of Chicago, Ya­ JACL invited to 1980 census nagisawa is a graduate of the Univ. of Hawaii, major­ bureau advisory committee ing in sociology. He is pres­ ently doing graduate work \\8sbingtoo Representative. in Asian AJ11el;can history The Japanese American The committee advises at UCLA. Hewas pre ious­ Citizens League was invit­ the director of the Census ly employed by the Social ed by the Secretary of Bureau in plaming and im­ eCUlity AdJ11inistration, Commerce, Juanita M. proving the 1978 count, from which he resigned Kreps, this past week (Jan recommenclq subject becau e it lacked the chal­ 8) to join the 1980 Census count of parti:ular use to lenge offered by the pres­ Advisory Canmittee on AsianlPacific populations ent po ition. the Asian and Pacific and expanding use and (Repolt of Tsuneishi's American PoJWations. usefulness of the census re ignation as di tlict go - "The committee has the results. ernor in the Jan. 5-12 PC important task to help im­ 'a "premature" and we prove the quality of census The committee is ex­ regret any iocon enience OffiCial Photograph: The White House data on the Asian and Pa­ pected to meet twice a the announceJ11ent J11ay SOME FAMIUAR FACES-California Congressmen Norman Mineta and Robert cific Americm popula­ year. Its 21-nenber panel ha e stirred.-Editor.) Matsui share an informal exchange with President Jimmy Carter aboard Air Force I. tions," SecretaIy Kreps will select a chairperson The two Congressmen will share the spotlight during the 33rd Annual Washington said in a letter to Ron Ike­ and chairpe~1ect for a COIIliDUed 011 Pace 5 D.C. Chapter Installation dinner dance on Jan. 27. jiri, JACL Washington one-year tenn II 2-PACIFIC CmzEN I Friday, January 19,1979 -------------- ..-------------------------- PC Directory: 1979 Memberships Local JACL chapters to screen Membership fee (after name of chapter) reflect the 1979 rate for ingle and Couple. Thousand Club members contribute $SO and up, but their spouse ( ) may enroll at the special rate as shown; otherwise, the Single member rate applies. Student dues (y) do not include PC applicants for nat' I scholarship subscription but such members may subscribe at the JAU rate ( Dues are payable and remitted to the JACL Chapter of the individual's choice. z-RetiTed rcitizens cations must be post­ As Jan. 8, 1979 San Francisco open to memrers of JACL, of NOR'lHERN CAlD'ORNIA-WJiSiDtN NEVADA Applicatioos for the 1979 their children,J AY s' mem­ marked no later than April PAmlC NORIBWliSr National JAU-scholarship bers, and all IX!rsons of Ja­ 1, 1979. Columbia BMiD (S22..SO-4O, yS7 Alameda ($20-3&y$6) .••..••••••. .Nancy Tajima program are now available, panese ancestry.
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